Books with title Classifying Flowering Plants

What makes a flowering plant a flowering plant? How is a complete flower different from an incomplete flower? What is pollination? ‘Classifying Flowering Plants’ looks at the amazing class of beautiful plants. Find out how plants are grouped into orders and how each one is different from the rest. From bananas to bromeliads and oaks to magnolias, discover what makes flowering plants so special. Classifying Living Things investigates how and why we group animals. Each book focuses on a particular class of living things, looking at the key characteristics that set its members apart from those of other classes. Discover how classes of living things have evolved, and how species have adapted to suit their environments. Find out why certain plants may show some characteristics of a particular class but actually belong to another.

What makes a flowering plant a flowering plant? How is a complete flower different from an incomplete flower? What is pollination? ‘Classifying Flowering Plants’ looks at the amazing class of beautiful plants. Find out how plants are grouped into orders and how each one is different from the rest. From bananas to bromeliads and oaks to magnolias, discover what makes flowering plants so special. Classifying Living Things investigates how and why we group animals. Each book focuses on a particular class of living things, looking at the key characteristics that set its members apart from those of other classes. Discover how classes of living things have evolved, and how species have adapted to suit their environments. Find out why certain plants may show some characteristics of a particular class but actually belong to another.

Contents include: What are flowering plants?; What do flowering plants look like?; Flowering plant classes; Magnolias and their relatives; Oaks and their relatives; Meat-eating plants and their relatives; Roses and their relatives; Peas in a pod; Palms and their relatives; Grasses, sedges, and their relatives; Bromeliads and bananas; Lilies, orchids, and their relatives; Recognizing flowering plants.

This book talks about something many people might not spend much time thinking about- how many types of plants there are? The people who do this are called botanists and they study plants and classify them. This book explains all the things they look at to decide which plants belong to which classification. It also describes of the more interesting achievements the world has received from botanists, like genetic science.

What makes a nonflowering plant a nonflowering plant? How is a liverwort different from a moss? What is a gymnosperm? 'Classifying Nonflowering Plants' looks at the amazing class of plants without flowers. Find out how nonflowering plants are grouped into orders and how each one is different from the rest. From club mosses to spike mosses and seed plants to conifers, discover what makes nonflowering plants so special. Classifying Living Things investigates how and why we group animals. Each book focuses on a particular class of living things, looking at the key characteristics that set its members apart from those of other classes. Discover how classes of living things have evolved, and how species have adapted to suit their environments. Find out why certain plants may show some characteristics of particular class but actually belong to another.

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There's so much to love about flowers, but readers of this captivating volume will learn about more than just garden flowers and wildflowers. They'll also learn about other flowering plants, such as herbs, grains, and vegetables. Age-appropriate text correlates closely with eye-catching photographs, allowing for readers of many ages and levels to follow along. Exciting activities encourage readers to get outside and get some hands-on experience. Step-by-step instructions make each activity easy to understand and fun to complete.